Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet.
It was Dickenson that encouraged this book on gardening.
Emily Dickenson was a gardener
A daisy in Emily Dickenson from her homestead
she even grew prize winning figs
Amherst college hill (the pioneer valley)
history of the Dickenson’s garden
tells time by the bloom cycle
Johnny jump ups
pansy grow in cold weather, but fhithers away in hot weather
pansy-“to think”
grandfather declared bankruptcy
Emily was a good story teller
studied botonny and biology
they were in with the Hitchcock’s “same social club”
experience flowers in their own home
In spring finding the first bloom was grand
She had many botany books
Plants that look like human organs was a plus from early “healers”
she mixed flowers (wild and domestic) in her poems
she had a big god, her shaggy Ally (Carlo) “enormous” lived for 16 years
1890’s thought of Calvinism
hot bed is heated not like a cold frame (hot beds fueled by manure)
weeds sow themselves, weeds driving deep in the soil
Dickenson made May baskets
Lilac is an ancient plant and it attacts beeds
Emily has the family baker.
Emily also traveled often (visiting relatives)
Liked to grow asters
had calisthenics in college 1-mile walk
Reviewed Mt. Vernan (Washington’s tomb)
he also like peonies and irises
Tiny Greville roses (clustering buds)
this rose had big family tree
some of these roses are very thorny
Ora White Hitchcock painted roses
love-for-a-day or cinnamon rose
wrote poem abot roses location 991
Edward Dickenson bought back the hhouse his father lost
Dickenson renovation happened 1853-1854
“home is where the garden is”
gardening became a past time
Emily fell back to poems and gardens
The Dickenson family enjoyed cats
Are flowers are a matter of taste.
she liked the gif of lilies (from the Bible)
it was rare for Dickinson to have a poem published 1861
annuals are workhorses (keep garden flowering)
stock is a fragrant annual
clove is good for the soil
summer is the start of mushroom plants
Thomas Wentworth was Emily Dickinson’s mentor
she preferred plant vs. people
had three sisters and one brother who married in 1856 ?????????????????/
hung out with writers and designers
orra White Hitchcock painted many flowers
“naughty” food from a garden that’s stolen
Emily was a poet and a gardener
talked about the uniform needed for gardening (especial , mosquitos) 30%
Referring to late summer being like in Africa
in the 1860s Emily had eye problems…her eyes got healed!
Dad was Edward Dickinson
had Dickinson law offices
planted trees around Amherst trees are good for the town
Amherst like their cattle show
collected sassafeas (root beer 35%)
Edward and Austin Dickenson had money to hire men for the gardens
vegetable rarely made it into a poem (E.D.)
talks about chestnuts (comparrison)
Orchards appear over and over again in Dickinson’s poem
Dickinson like to make cider. Like bonbons too!
Dickinson removed herself from the wider world
E.D. was 43 when her father died
gardens were her escape
bitter sweet thought of a next llife.
Born in 1830 (E.D.)
The Indian pipe (native to the Northwest) botanical bartor
Emily and Austin became lovers???
snow acts like a blanket in the garden
conifers supply the structure of the winter garden
Dickinson’s had properties on Main Street
Emily used a conservatory in the winter
A rose is heaety
garden was an inspiration for her poems
Emily Dickinson died in May 1886 by what was diagnosed as Bright’s disease (a kidney ailment)
after funeral the casket was brought through the garden
at her death hundreds upon hundreds of poems were found
Publication-is the auction/of the mind of men
start the soil, use manure
planting a seed brings life!
foxglove attacks bees to the garden
Emily likes color in the garden
butterflies are sun worships
E.D. was alert to inset life
talk of climate change in her life
black gold-manure (visiting a poets garden)
The Dickinson property was sold in 1916
The is an Emily Dickinson Museum (analyzing the paint was done by a grad. student
property was redone by a landscape architecture in 2009
talk of tree planting around the homestad
Austin helped build the local church
in 1950 most of E.D. works were sold then donated to Harvard
E.D. plants; 51% spreadsheet of annual and perennials
cactus: Cactaceae – Thanksgiving cactus. she liked California poppy, daff
odil,daisy, daylily, forget-me-not, Hyacinths, iterested in Pink flower (dianthus caryophyllus, stock (Matthiola incana)
spreadsheet of trees, shrubs, and woody vines 58%
common lilac, daphe. pomegranate
The Greville rose bush
Fruits and vegetables cultivated by the Dickinson’s
apple, beets.figs, red currant
Overall, I would give this book 3 smiley faces…and here’s why. I’m a number guy and the included spreadsheets were very impressive and show excellent database work…for that I would give it a 5 (which shows E.D. love of the garden plants). For enjoyment of reading I would have to give it a 1. I’m not that smart and here wording in her poems goes right over my head. I’m curious about her kidney issues, and her work during the Civil War.
Emily had a tiny cherry des
small lady
the homestead was later climate controlled
men were wearing top hats/women bonetts
lists – sources and citations
not on the botanical artists in this book
Author Marta McDowell lives and lectures about gardens
“I pay-in Satin Cash
you did not state-your price
A Petal, for a Paragraph
is near as I can guess”
MG Buds book club 